Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Man, this is making me crazy. I am almost 23 weeks and I don't feel ANY movement. The doc says my placenta is anterior and that I might not feel anything for a few more weeks, and the baby moves like crazy on the ultrasound, but I feel like I am missing out BIG TIME on this. I was in old navy today shopping, and another girl and I were chatting, she is 17 weeks along, and the baby movements she feels are REALLY strong. She let me feel a couple hard kicks while we were chatting in the store. I left feeling so deprived. Has anyone else experienced this? Or have any of you nurses dealt with this anterior placenta thing? C. EDD 12/31/04 If it was above your belly button...then it most definitely was not the baby. With a normal singleton, the uterus usually reaches the mom's belly button at about 20 weeks of gestation. In fact, until 12 weeks the uterus is still tucked inside the pelvis....it doesn't pull up and become an abdominal organ until 12 weeks.... while the very first fetal movements begin at 8 weeks (the first arm and leg bud twitches)....generally you can't feel any of that until at least 11- 13 weeks, with the AVERAGE time of feeling baby moving being around 16-20 weeks. (I was 12.5-13.5 weeks each time I felt my babies moving..and that's extremely extremely freakishly early...it was more like 15 weeks before I felt them every day, several times a day...) Soderblom CCCE CD(DONA) CLD CAAC Student Midwife - Mesa, AZ CAPPA Board of Directors Doula/CBE/Pregnancy/Birth Photography Owner: Birth Story Diaries - real births, real photos http://www.birthdiaries.com Owner: SouthwestDoulas.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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